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TP2- Working Animals - B2 level

TP2- Working Animals B2 level

Description

This lesson continues the context of animals from the previous lesson but the topic is changed to "working animals". Students will begin with a listening exercise, and then from the listening, students will learn "get" collocations.

Main Aims

To provide practice of collocations with "get" in the context of animals

Subsidiary Aims

To provide gist and fluency listening practice using a record about working animals

Procedure

Warmer/Lead in • To get students interested in the topic

- Show the picture of a man with a dog and have them talk about the picture.
- Ask SS to discuss the questions about the picture in pairs.

Pre-Teach Vocabulary • To pre-teach some vocabulary that students might have problem with while listening

- Pass HOs for vocabulary exercise
- Have students work in pairs and match the bold words with the meanings.
- Write the answers on the board and let them check.
- Ask questions to check meaning

Listening for gist and detail • To provide gist and detail listening task

Listening for gist:
- Have students listen to the first part of the interview.
- Have students to guess what the listening is going to be about.
Listening for detail:
- Pass folded HOs with the questions.
- Have students listen to the rest of the interview and answer the questions.
- Students check their answers with a partner.
- Students turn the HO over for the answers.
- Hand out script for students to read later.

Post-Listening Task • To provide speaking practice about the topic

- Write the question "Would you like to be a dog trainer? Why/ Why not?" on the board.
- Have students discuss the question in groups.

Focus on Language • To introduce the new vocabulary through guided discovery

- Put students in four groups of three or four.
- Assign a colour to each team.
- Focus students on the HO and tell them the sentences are from the listening.
- Ask them if they see the bold words in the sentences.
- Give instructions about the activity.
- Students will work in groups and match the slips of papers with meaning on with the bold words in the sentences.
- Ask instruction checking questions.
- Have groups complete the activity.
- Write the answers on the board along with the phrases.
- Ask CCQs to check meaning.

Optional • To introduce more uses of "get" and practice

- Teacher writes the word "get" in a circle in the middle of the board with arms extending to five boxes. 1) obtain, 2) move/ arrive, 3) become/start to be, 4) understand, 5) answer the telephone/door.
- Next to the understand box write: I didn't get the joke and make sure SS understand "get" here means understand.
- Write an example for answer the telephone/ door and elicit an example sentence.
- Ask students to work in pairs and think of an example for the other three meanings.
-Collect answers on the board.

- Give folded HOs to students.
- Have them rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the expressions in the box.
- Ask ICQs to check if they understand the instructions.
- Have students check their answers in pairs.
- Tell students to turn the page over to check their answers.

Freer Practice • To provide a freer practice for vocabulary

- Give HOs with the first line of a story.
- Have them continue it with different uses of get.
- Put them in groups and have them read their stories.